Don A. VandenBerg

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

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Don A. VandenBerg is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Don A. VandenBerg has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 53 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Don A. VandenBerg's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Don A. VandenBerg is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Don A. VandenBerg collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Don A. VandenBerg's co-authors include L. Casagrande, Peter A. Bergbusch, P. B. Stetson, Ryan Leaman, K. Brogaard, Michael Bolte, Patrick Dowler, James L. Clem, Pavel A. Denissenkov and R. A. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Don A. VandenBerg

100 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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THE AGES OF 55 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS AS DETERMINED USING AN IMPROVED $\Delta V^{\rm HB}_{\rm TO}$ METHOD ALONG WITH COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM CONSTRAINTS, AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR BROADER ISSUES

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Don A. VandenBerg Canada	37	4.2k	2.1k	301	106	104	108	4.3k
E. Bica Brazil	35	5.0k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	177 0.6×	133 1.3×	102 1.0×	253	5.1k
Bruce W. Carney United States	35	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	236 0.8×	130 1.2×	146 1.4×	136	3.9k
Fabio Bresolin United States	41	4.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	343 1.1×	112 1.1×	93 0.9×	123	4.2k
Brian Chaboyer United States	28	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	347 1.2×	124 1.2×	66 0.6×	83	3.4k
Santiago Arribas Spain	34	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	348 1.2×	192 1.8×	80 0.8×	160	4.2k
R. Zinn United States	23	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	178 0.6×	68 0.6×	69 0.7×	64	3.5k
Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki United States	39	4.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	361 1.2×	166 1.6×	205 2.0×	130	5.0k
Henry A. Kobulnicky United States	28	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	330 1.1×	91 0.9×	90 0.9×	74	4.3k
Graeme H. Smith United States	26	3.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	256 0.9×	60 0.6×	72 0.7×	139	3.1k
G. Bertelli Italy	15	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	140 0.5×	117 1.1×	113 1.1×	43	4.2k

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Afşar, Melike, C. Sneden, Don A. VandenBerg, et al.. (2025). High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of the dust-obscured metal-poor open cluster Trumpler 5. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699. A208–A208.

VandenBerg, Don A.. (2023). Zero-age horizontal branch models for −2.5 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤−0.5 and their implications for the apparent distance moduli of globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6888–6912. 1 indexed citations

VandenBerg, Don A.. (2022). Models for metal-poor stars with different initial abundances of C, N, O, Mg, and Si − III. Grids of isochrones for −2.5 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ −0.5 and helium abundances Y = 0.25 and 0.29 at each metallicity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(3). 4517–4535. 7 indexed citations

Casagrande, L. & Don A. VandenBerg. (2018). BCcodes: Bolometric Corrections and Synthetic Stellar Photometry. Astrophysics Source Code Library.

VandenBerg, Don A. & Pavel A. Denissenkov. (2018). Constraints on the Distance Moduli, Helium and Metal Abundances, and Ages of Globular Clusters from their RR Lyrae and Non-variable Horizontal-branch Stars. III. M55 and NGC 6362. The Astrophysical Journal. 862(1). 72–72. 16 indexed citations

Korn, A. J., et al.. (2011). M67-1194, an unusually Sun-like solar twin in M67. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 71 indexed citations

Brogaard, K., H. Bruntt, F. Grundahl, et al.. (2010). Age and helium content of the open cluster NGC 6791 from multiple eclipsing binary members. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 525. A2–A2. 47 indexed citations

Milone, E. F., et al.. (2009). Fundamental stellar properties from eclipsing binary analyses. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 5(S266). 477–477.

Brown, T. M., Henry C. Ferguson, E. Smith, et al.. (2004). Age Constraints for an M31 Globular Cluster from Main-Sequence Photometry. The Astrophysical Journal. 613(2). L125–L128. 36 indexed citations

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VandenBerg, Don A. & P. B. Stetson. (2004). On the Old Open Clusters M67 and NGC 188: Convective Core Overshooting, Color‐Temperature Relations, Distances, and Ages. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 116(825). 997–1011. 62 indexed citations

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VandenBerg, Don A.. (1999). The Age Structure of the Halo. ASPC. 165. 46. 1 indexed citations

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Pont, F., C. Charbonnel, Y. Lebreton, et al.. (1997). HIPPARCOS Subdwarfs and Globular Clusters: Towards Reliable Absolute Ages. ESASP. 402. 699–704.

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Dravins, Dainis, L. Lindegren, & Don A. VandenBerg. (1997). BETA HYDRI (G2 IV) : A REVISED AGE FOR THE CLOSEST SUBGIANT. ESASP. 330(3). 1077–1079. 1 indexed citations

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Stetson, P. B., J. E. Hesser, R. D. McClure, et al.. (1996). Pal 3 and Eridanus: HST CMDs of second-parameter globular clusters in the outer halo.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 28. 1362. 3 indexed citations

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VandenBerg, Don A.. (1992). Oxygen-enhanced models for globular cluster stars. I - Evolutionary tracks. The Astrophysical Journal. 391. 685–685. 55 indexed citations

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Proffitt, Charles & Don A. VandenBerg. (1991). Implications of helium diffusion for globular cluster isochrones and luminosity functions. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 77. 473–473. 36 indexed citations

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Andersen, J., J. V. Clausen, B. Nordström, B. Gustafsson, & Don A. VandenBerg. (1988). Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries. XIII. AI Phoenicis : a casestudy in stellar evolution.. 196. 128–140. 5 indexed citations

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VandenBerg, Don A. & Graeme H. Smith. (1988). Constraints from stellar models on mixing as a viable explanation of abundance anomalies in globular clusters. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 100. 314–314. 20 indexed citations

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Hesser, J. E., William E. Harris, & Don A. VandenBerg. (1987). Inferences from a color-magnitude diagram for 47 Tucanae.. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99. 1148–1148. 2 indexed citations

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Dawson, Peter, R. G. Carlberg, T. Hsu, & Don A. VandenBerg. (1984). The Age-Velocity Dispersion Relation in the Solar Neighbourhood. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 494. 1 indexed citations

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